Natalie Woodward Christopher Columbus Ashley Williams Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa‚ Italy in 1451. He lived by the Mediterranean Sea and longed to be a sailor. He began sailing on Italian ships at the age of 14. Columbus opened a shop that sold maps and books for sailors. There he became a map maker and began reading books. Columbus was sure he could reach the Indies by traveling west. He wanted to go to the Indies to get jewels and spices. Columbus tried going to kings in France
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The Suez Canal is an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt‚ connecting the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea. Opened in November 1869 after 10 years of construction work‚ it allows transportation by water between Europe and Asia without navigation around Africa. The northern terminus is Port Said and the southern terminus is Port Tawfiq at the city of Suez. Ismailia lies on its west bank‚ 3 km (1.9 mi) from the half-way point. When first built‚ the canal was 164 km (102 mi) long and 8 m (26 ft)
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more influential golden age‚ in my opinion‚ was the ancient Chinese civilization. In foreign relations‚ golden age Greece and China traded in very different ways despite similar conflicts. Greece was successful with trade routes across the Mediterranean Sea‚ while China was successful in trade routes across distant lands‚ otherwise known as the Silk Road. The two civilizations’ foreign relations had common conflicts‚ which were the Trojans for Greece and the Mongols for China. The ancient Greek
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Corsica Corsica is one of France’s 26 regions‚ located in the Mediterranean Sea‚ south of France‚ west of Italy and north of Sardinia. The island populates 302‚000 people over an area of 8‚680km2; Housing a wide range of both natural and built attractions; as well as an array of facilities. Natural attractions The beaches surrounding Corsica are one of the most important of the natural attractions on the island‚ with fine and coarse sand beaches as well as
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Greece has many other kinds of animals live in or near sea. It includes loggerhead turtles‚ shrimp‚ mussels‚ crabs‚ octopuses‚ and more than 200 identified varieties of fish. There were also other animals live in Greek seas such as swordfish‚ squid‚ and the Mediterranean monk seal‚ which is an endangered species. The endangered species included 10 species of mammals‚ 10 species of birds‚ 8 species of reptiles‚
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Tomorrow (2004) Plot Summary The movie "The Day After Tomorrow" provides a dramatic picture of climate change and sea level rise. Whilst the reality may not be as dramatic‚ climate change is nevertheless devastating for small island developing states like Tuvalu. The adverse effects of climate change and sea level rise can be slow and insidious. For instance‚ sea water intrusion into our islands is causing our crops to die and our freshwater to be contaminated. Slowly and surely we
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Welcome to diversity Every country from the world has its own culture and civilization. For my case I am from Morocco a country located in North West of Africa‚ widely open on the Atlantic Ocean from the west‚ and the Mediterranean Sea from the north‚ Morocco is the cradle of multiple culture and it is famous by its biodiversity when it comes to the languages spoken like in the next order Arabic‚ French‚ Berber‚ Spanish and English. Still what is amazing about this country is that you can
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jealous because of the potential impact the shortcut between the Mediterranean and Red Seas could have on trade with its Indian colony. In 1875‚ the British wrested financial control of the Suez Canal away from the French‚ and eventually made all of Egypt a protectorate in 1882. Palestine After WWI‚ the newly formed League of Nations gave Great Britain a mandate over Palestine. Palestine’s location on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea seemed like a great prize to the British‚ but
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they had different trade routes that allowed travel and trade. The Persians were only able to trade through land‚ but the Romans with their advanced technology were able to trade through both the land and the sea with a road called the Royal Road that went from the empire to the Mediterranean Sea to Susa. The attitudes to the population in their empire between the two countries are pretty similar. Both the Persians and the Romans came to the conclusion that instead of making the people become more
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found evidence of what may have been an underwater civilization. Therefore‚ it can be concluded that Atlantis was a real island that was overcome by natural disasters and lost to man. Atlantis is not the only story of a city that was swallowed by the sea. The ancient Greek city of Helike is believed to be a large influence on Plato’s story of Atlantis. Plato described Atlantis as a fantastical land with powerful and majestic kings in 360 B.C. It was in his story Timaeus and Critias that Plato spoke
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